Turning People into Teams


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"Project and team leaders, do yourself a favor and make this book required reading by each member of your team!" —HR Professionals Magazine Collaborative strategies work when they're designed by teams—where each person is heard, valued, and held accountable. This book is a practical guide for project team leaders and individual contributors who want their teams to play by a better set of rules. Today's teams want more alignment among their members, better decision-making processes, and a greater sense of ownership over their work. This can be easy, even fun, if you have the right rituals. Rituals are group activities during which people go through a series of behaviors in a specific order. They give teams the ability to create a collective point of view and reshape the processes that affect their day-to-day work. In Turning People into Teams, you'll find dozens of practical rituals for finding a common purpose at the beginning of a project, getting unstuck when you hit bottlenecks or brick walls, and wrapping things up at the end and moving on to new teams. Customizable for any industry, work situation, or organizational philosophy, these rituals have been used internationally by many for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. By implementing just a few of these rituals, a team can capture the strengths of each individual for incredible results, making choices together that matter.




Turning People on


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Perfect for managers, teachers, parents, spouses, and persons in any leadership role. Great insights and ideas for anyone who wants to help a friend on a personal or work level. Book jacket.




Gung Ho!


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Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn customers into full-fledged fans. Now, Gung Ho! brings the same magic to employees. Through the inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, Blanchard and Bowles reveal the secret of Gung Ho--a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The three principles of Gung Ho are: The Spirit of the Squirrel The Way of the Beaver The Gift of the Goose These three cornerstones of Gung Ho are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful. Whether your organization consists of one or is listed in the Fortune 500, this book ensures Gung Ho employees committed to success. Gung Ho! also includes a clear game plan with a step-by-step outline for instituting these groundbreaking ideas. Destined to become a classic, Gung Ho! is a rare and wonderful business book that is packed with invaluable information as well as a compelling, page-turning story. Management legend Ken Blanchard and master entrepreneur Sheldon Bowles are back with Gung Ho!, revealing a surefire way to boost employee enthusiasm, productivity, and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. Raving Fans brilliantly schooled managers on how to turn customers into raving fans. Gung Ho! now brings the same magic to employees. Here is the story of how two managers saved a failing company and turned in record profits with record productivity. The three core ideas of Gung Ho! are surprisingly simple: worthwhile work guided by goals and values; putting workers in control of their production; and cheering one another on. Their principles are so powerful that business leaders, reviewing the manuscript for Ken and Sheldon, have written to say, "Sorry. Ignored instructions. Have photocopied for everyone. I promise to buy books, but can't wait. We need now!" Like Raving Fans, Gung Ho! delivers.




Turning Science Into Things People Need


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Ten respected scientists who have built successful careers in industry reveal how they made the transition from research scientist to industrial scientist or successful entrepreneur and discuss what kind of jobs scientists hold in the private sector.




The Fourth Turning


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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.




How To Turn 39: Thoughts About Aging for People of All Ages


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Aging is a biological, cultural, legal, and psychological reality, and it's one of the rare, eroding constants we all face. If approached thoughtfully and with intention, though, the process of aging can be a journey filled with discovery, growth, and fulfillment. This book is about that.







Liars and Tyrants and People Who Turn Blue


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A human lie detector sets off in search of a revolution There are 1,500 hand grenades in Alabama’s Styx River, and none of them work. Rebels are attacking UN peacekeeping forces in Burma and Honduras, but just when the battle gets started, they find their guns don’t fire. Someone is selling defective weaponry to violent men around the globe, and the United Nations needs to find him. In a world where even the good men are liars, it will take Shelby Kent to see the truth. Shelby is the world’s only human lie detector, a psychic who sees a buzzing red aura around anyone—including her husband—who tells a lie. Shelby is happy to use her unique powers for the sake of world peace, but she’ll find that unthinkable evil lies behind this strange scheme, and clairvoyance is no protection against a madman with a gun.




War Winning Hearts and Influencing People :Turn Enemies Into Permanent Friends:Double The Success : :Psychology Influence People's Minds 1% and How to motivate Minds people to achieve goals your


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War Winning Hearts and Influencing People :Turn Enemies Into Permanent Friends :Double The Success Psychology Influence People's Minds 1% Business Success How to stay above the emotions and thoughts of people and yourself How to motivate people and win friends to achieve goals Just by learning 1% psychology, you can easily win people's hearts. Turn enemies into permanent friends. Conquer people's hearts, make friends, create success. You will have to win your emotions and thoughts. This book Tells me how to overcome society and yourself easily. We can all make a success from people. Create happiness By deliberately creating it out of our calm mind, So the book focuses on keeping your mind focused. Feel good, feel relaxed, full of joy, love, kindness, and longing. Dreams can translate into reality with your thoughts. Your mind is calm. You can conquer people's hearts for others and society create success. preface Whether you're working as an employee or you're a small or big businessman, trading, or you're going to do whatever your success is about people. You'll learn how to win people's hearts and motivate people. Coping and convincing others turns enemies into mites. This book is created to help you in any situation. If you face no problems like you today, people hate you, and you don't know how to tie people up, have problems with colleagues. You learn how to think and how to do this and apply it to your life. I can tell you your life will change, and this book brings together tips on self-improvement, practicing new skills as a tool to help you cope with others. Build success by turning it into a new one. The author has adopted basic principles with examples of convincing others and thoughts that have always worked well in all ages. This book is perfect for people with problems. People who get along with other people are hard to get along. Practice dealing with others because daily, we may face situations where disagreements with others, disagreements, deteriorate relationships. This book will be a tool to guide us to win other people's hearts. Coping and convincing others is an art. Learn and practice essential basics; always be aware of the importance, review, and use in everyday life. Use it at every opportunity we can think. The more we practice, the faster we can think about it. In this book, there are many good ideas to help you get someone else's heart. Make people like you more. The author aims for this book to help change the world. Create human coexistence in a peaceful society. Make the most of everyone's new creations. To win people's hearts, you must first be sure, and winning the hearts of others starts with sincerity. Then, success will come to you quickly. Best wishes. Amornrat Boonyarit : Ami Lawyer




How To Have A Beautiful Mind


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People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone's trying to be more attractive. But there's an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn't have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that's fascinating, creative, exciting - if you're a good thinker - you can be beautiful. And being attractive doesn't necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn't about having a great personality. It's about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it's when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off. In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, you can become creative and more appealing - more beautiful.